But almost nothing else is. Total numbers today were down by two orders of magnitude. This often happens when we get a spell of good weather. My theory is that when conditions are really good, the birds just keep right on going. The other factor is that mild, sunny days bring out the fisherpersons and raise the disturbance level. The waterfowl can take four boats. With the fifth boat, the population goes down about half. The sixth boat pretty much puts paid to the whole lot. There have been five boats on the lake for last two days. There was only one LTDU today, a female, seen from the marina again. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]